It's definitely up there with The Queen, Tower Bridge and EastEnders for being one of the capital's proudest icons.

Original pie and eel houses still exist today and are a tasty part of our London heritage.

M.Manze, on Tower Bridge Road, has been serving up pie and mash since Victorian times and is very popular with locals.

It's famed on TripAdvisor as the 'best pie, mash and liquor' in England and when I asked my dad, a born and bred South East Londoner, where I could find the perfect pie and mash in London he also pointed me in the direction of M.Manze's.

So, to celebrate British Pie Week 2019 I took myself down to M.Manze's to find out what all the fuss was about.

M.Manzi pie and eel house on Tower Bridge Road (Image: Angie Quinn)

Firstly, I have to mention I hate both cheap pies and gravy. Serve me up a low-quality beef-filled pastry, and it's going straight in the bin.

If I wanted to eat something full of watery gravy and fatty bits of meat, I might as well grab myself a tin of dog food.

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